Closely related to Cornish, the native language of the English county Cornwall, and to Breton, the native language of Brittany, north western France, Welsh – or Cymraeg to its speakers – dates back to the 6th century, making it one of Europe’s oldest living languages. It evolved from the Celtic language spoken by the ancient Britons and …
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PAC-12 network launches on August 15, 2012 – UCLA already has 39 games scheduled for the fall
I’m super excited that the PAC-12 is getting its own network. I love watching all sorts of college sports on TV and hopefully this channel will give me all I can eat. More fans will see more UCLA sports on more channels than ever before when the Pac-12 Networks launches on August 15. …
NBC splits with MSNBC – as it’s biased political persona grows
Another driver was MSNBC, the cable channel, which started to take on a politically progressive persona several years ago. As the image of MSNBC changed, the head of MSNBC.com, Charlie Tillinghast, floated a name change. “Both strategies are fine, but naming them the same thing is brand insanity,” Charlie Tillinghast said to his staff in early …
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YouTube is dropping in monthly views – but gaining in “engagement”
YouTube is getting smaller in a metric that used to mean everything: views. Since December, views on YouTube have dropped 28%, and March views are only slightly above what they were a year ago, startling for a site accustomed to breakneck growth. It’s an intended consequence of the Google-owned site’s shift from…snack-size content to a …
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Watch a Boeing 727 test-crash into the desert
For a new documentary, the Discovery Channel took a Boeing 727 to a remote part of the Mexican desert and had it crash to examine what exactly happens in an emergency situation. It didn’t go well for the plane. The fuselage of the 727 actually broke in two. The cockpit and front seats actually …
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Nerdist Channel – you have to have an excessive knowledge of nerd culture
This is one of the most entertaining press conferences I’ve ever seen. “You have to have an excessive knowledge of nerd culture, a little bit of desperation, and I believe there is an element of being socially ostracized.” The Nerdist Channel Featured shows: Ain’t It Cool with Harry Knowles – the TV version …
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The first university-run channel on YouTube – original content just got smarter
On March 1, University of California Television (UCTV) will launch a new YouTube original channel, UCTV Prime, the first university-run channel to be included among YouTube’s new production partnerships with such recognizable brands as the Wall Street Journal, Madonna and TED. Each week, UCTV Prime will debut 15 minutes of fresh content. The channel’s inaugural …
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Is the future of television paying by the channel? This venture capitalist thinks so
John Backus, managing partner of New Atlantic Ventures, discusses the future of television: Take a look at some major developments so far this year: – Netflix was once viewed as an invincible Wall Street darling and the stock has nearly fallen off a cliff as it struggles to evolve its business model. But it realizes …